Bitcoin will not a Threat to Financial Systems
The US chief financial watchdog, the Financial Stability Oversight Board (FSOC), claims that Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies do not pose a threat to existing financial systems around the world. In …Read more »
Indian government regulate the virtual currencies
Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has claimed that the government of India is yet to recognize Bitcoin as a legal tender in the country as of late November 2017. He did point out that the recommend…Read more »
More than 100 hedge funds dedicated to digital currencies
Buttoned-up financiers and analysts piled into CoinDesk’s cryptocurrencies conference in Manhattan on Tuesday, turning the event into a standing-room-only affair. “A few years ago, there’d be one-thir…Read more »
CME Bitcoin Futures Details Released
Both the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) have released details on the upcoming futures trading for the cryptocurrency Bitcoin. Both companies are planni…Read more »
Bitcoin cash and the ‘civil war’ that is disrupting digital currency
On Tuesday night, bitcoin cash, an alternative to blockchain technology-based bitcoin, made its debut. The split derived from a three-year “civil war” in the polarised bitcoin world over the technical…Read more »
Financial institutions may be the final arbiter in bitcoin’s status
As the debate rages on whether bitcoin is a legitimate currency or just imaginary money, one Wall Street analyst stripped down the argument to three simple parameters — safety, liquidity and return. T…Read more »
Bitcoin Trading Volume Higher Than Biggest Gold ETF Now
Several weeks after Goldman’s chief technician started covering bitcoin, overnight Bank of America has released what some may call an “initiating coverage” report on bitcoin which notes that while the…Read more »
It’s Nothing to Fear About Bitcoin Split
(Bloomberg View) — Over the last week, the price of Bitcoin crashed from around $2,400 to $1,800 on fears of a so-called hard fork, which is to say the digital currency would effectively split in two…Read more »
Imminent Bitcoin Upgrade Risks Financial Panic
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Got some bitcoin? An internal dispute over the digital currency could soon mean financial losses, whipsawing prices and delays in processing payments. It’s also possible th…Read more »
India is considering tracking digital currencies to monitor money laundering, terror funding
New Delhi: India is considering tracking digital currencies like bitcoin through the central bank and capital markets regulator (Sebi) along with intelligence agencies to monitor money laundering and …Read more »